One of China’s top Internet companies, Xunlei, also runs one of its top tools for downloading pirated films. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is now suing Xunlei for violating an anti-piracy deal they signed in June 2014.
MPAA filed the lawsuit on Jan. 19 in China’s Nanshan District Court in Shenzhen. In a Jan. 20 press release, they allege Xunlei is involved in “various acts of copyright infringement.”
MPAA is suing Xunlei, a popular video website and one of China’s top 10 Internet companies, for damages, court fees, and a public apology.
Xunlei did not immediately respond to questions sent by email.
A representative from MPAA declined to comment on specifics, and referred inquiries to the official press release.
“For too long we have witnessed valuable creative content being taken and monetized without the permission of the copyright owner,” MPAA president and managing director Asia Pacific, Mike Ellis, said in the press release.
